she's back now to tell us what the police are saying about all of this and how the mother was out there begging for help. >> reporter: the baby was born on a san francisco street and two police officers are credited to helping save a life. she went to a shelter in that neighborhood looking for help and the man explained -- and the man inside explained what happened. >> she was crying. looked like she was beaten up, covered in blood. said she just had a baby. i go for help and come back and that's when i call the police. >> the woman was not with her baby when she went to knock on the gate of the shelter. there was a man half a block away trying to flag down a car on third street. >> he was trying to reach for help for oncoming cars. that's when the police had arrived. >> reporter: police confirm that they were flagged down after being called to the scone. they also confirmed that two officers drove that baby to sf general. a lot of questions surrounding the case. we don't know why the woman was on the street that morning and why she had to deliver her baby on the street. san francisco police wi